Today is the anniversary of 9/11, and the entire country remembers the day the twin towers of the World Trade Center fell after being attacked by terrorists.

Aside from paying tribute to those that lost their lives and the heroic efforts of so many responders that rose to the occasion, many around the country are more sensitive to security issues in the wake of the attack of our country.

The Courier asked several residents of Russellville Monday the question:

More than one decade after the attacks in New York, do you feel safer than you have in the past few years?

• Brent Boland — “I don’t feel that threatened in this area. On a larger scale, maybe Arkansas Nuclear One could be a target, but I know a security guard out there and their security measures are quiet intense. I feel safe.”

• Margaret Bagby — “I think we’re safer. On the national level, with the security measures at airports, I see a difference. Some people complain about the security checks at the airport, but I for one welcome them. Locally, I haven’t noticed a difference in security measures.”

• Mariusz Gajewski — “I do feel safer, but at the expense of the security checks at the airport. They are annoying, but necessary. I’m OK with them. I’ve traveled to other countries and the security at airports in the U.S. looks more serious. It is noticeable.”

• Dorothy McCuin — “I think we’re safer now than we were when 9/11 happened. We didn’t know that would happen and were caught off guard. Now we are more prepared.”

• Delores Thornsberry — “I do feel safer today. We live in an unsafe world, but I feel safer and it is in large part to what happened on 9/11. We’re always going to life in an unsafe world.”

• Bill Orsburn — “It’s something you don’t think about. It’s kind of out of sight, out of mind. I do feel safer now, especially at airports.”